swinger en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈswɪŋə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈswɪŋəɹ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English swing Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English swinger From swing + -er.
Meanings
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One who swings.
And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared[…]
2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, page 438:
- A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
- A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
- A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
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(informal) A swing voter.
Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future.
2019 May 16, Katharine Murphy, “Campaign catchup 2019: close race sparks pre-election jitters”, in The Guardian:
- A swing ride.
- A passenger on a motorcycle's sidecar who athletically moves from one side to the other to alter the weight distribution.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swingers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
out-swinger · jim-swinger · nonswinger · in-swinger · lead swinger
Translations (9)
de Swinger (person who practices swinging) · sv swinger (person who practices swinging) · fi pintaliitäjä (person who practices swinging) · de Swingerin (person who practices swinging) · cmn 交換配偶的人 /交换配偶的人 (person who practices swinging) · ru сви́нгер (person who practices swinging) · fr échangiste (person who practices swinging) · ja スインガー (person who practices swinging) · it scambista (person who practices swinging)